# CHUGIN LEASE

> CHUGIN LEASE is a VC fund in Okayama backing Finance, Manufacturing and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Okayama, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 17%
- Fund size: $29M
- Last fund: Oct 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.chuginlease.co.jp/

CHUGIN LEASE is a VC fund in Okayama focused on Finance and Manufacturing. CHUGIN LEASE provides lease and all other machinery and equipment. It also provides consultation on installment purchases for those who want to own the machinery and equipment or those that cannot be leased.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Advice | 1 | 17% |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| enpay | Enpay is a financial firm. It supports the collection business with planning, development, operation, and sales. They made collection operations cashless and paperless. Their services include collecting and managing money and billing. | $3.6M | Series A | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| MFS | MFS is an online mortgage service. No need to search for, apply for, or negotiate with a financial institution. The media has also attracted much attention and has been featured in major media such as the NHK, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 15, 2021 |  |
| Hutzper | Hutzper is a computing solution for the manufacturing industry specialized in image recognition and AI development. | $965.6K | Seed | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| patternstorage | patternstorage is an IT advisory company for apparel manufacturing industry. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2020 |  |
| Femto Deployments | FDI is a solution company that seamlessly supports all the business improvement related to liquids, from the visualization of the state change due to the interaction between liquid molecules and visualization of the state to AI analysis. | $5.7M | Corporate Round | Mar 12, 2019 |  |
| Arch Farm | Arch Farm is a Japanese agriculture company that aims to connect people with agriculture. | $1.4M |  | Mar 01, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chugoku Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chugoku-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deepcore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepcore) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CHUGIN LEASE invest in?

CHUGIN LEASE invests primarily in Finance, Manufacturing and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did CHUGIN LEASE last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for CHUGIN LEASE closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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